hamlet

See also: Hamlet and HAMLET

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel (Modern French hameau), in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin. Cognates include home, Dutch heem, German Heim, Old English hām.

NounEdit

hamlet (plural hamlets)

1. A small village or a group of houses.
2. (Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
3. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

HypernymsEdit

• (small village): settlement

TranslationsEdit

small village

• Armenian: շեն (hy) (šen), գյուղակ (hy) (gyułak)
• Basque: herrixka
• Bulgarian: селце n (selce)
• Catalan: poblet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 村莊 (zh), 村庄 (zh) (cūnzhuāng), 小村 (xiǎocūn)

• Czech: osada (cs) f, víska (cs) f, dědinka f, kolonie f
• Danish: landsby (da)
• Dutch: (boeren)gat n, gehucht (nl) n, negorij (nl), uithoek (nl)
• Esperanto: vilaĝeto
• Estonian: küla (et)
• Faroese: bygd f, smábygd f
• Finnish: pikkukylä (fi), kyläpahanen (fi), taloryhmä
• French: hameau (fr) m
• Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli)
• German: Weiler (de) m, Dorf (de) n, (pejorative) Kaff (de) n

  Alemannic German: Wihr

• Greek: χωριουδάκι (el) n (chorioudáki)
• Hebrew: כפרון‏‎ m (kfarón)
• Hungarian: falucska (hu)
• Ido: vilajeto
• Irish: gráig f
• Italian: casale (it) m, borgata (it) f, frazione (it) f, borgo (it) m

• Japanese: (a small village) 村落 (sonraku); (a group of houses) 集落 (ja) (shūraku)
• Khmer: កូនភូមិ (koon pʰuumi’)
• Latin: vīcus (la) m, vīculus m,
• Latvian: sādža (lv) f, ciems m
• Macedonian: заселок m (zaselok), селце n (selce)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: balley beg m
• Norwegian: landsby (no), grend (no)
• Occitan: masatge (oc)
• Persian: دهکده‏‎ (fa) (dehkade)
• Polish: przysiółek (pl) m, sioło (pl) n
• Portuguese: aldeia (pt) f
• Russian: дереву́шка (ru) f (derevúška), ху́тор (ru) m (xútor), сельцо́ (ru) n (selʹcó)
• Serbo-Croatian: zaseok m, naselje (sh) n, seoce (sh) n, zaselak (sh) m
• Slovene: vasica f, zaselek m
• Spanish: aldehuela f, caserío (es) m, aldea (es) f
• Swedish: by (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: పల్లెటూరు (te) (palleṭūru)
• Turkish: mezra (tr)
• Vietnamese: xóm (vi)
• Welsh: pentref bach m
• Yiddish: דערפֿל‏‎ n (derfl)

village without its own church

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 部落無教會的小村莊, 部落无教会的小村庄 (bùluò wú jiāohuì de xiǎo cūnzhuāng)

• Czech: vesnička (cs) f, dědina (cs) f
• Estonian: küla (et)
• Finnish: kylä (fi) (as opp. to kirkonkylä (fi))
• French: hameau (fr) m

• Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli)
• Irish: gráig f
• Japanese: (used to describe such European villages) 小村 (ja) (こむら, komura)
• Russian: ху́тор (ru) m (xútor)
• Swedish: by (sv) c
• Telugu: పల్లె (te) (palle)

fish

• Finnish: Hypoplectrus
• German: Hamletbarsche
• Japanese: ハムレット (hamuretto)

• Lithuanian: vakos
• Swedish: hypoplectrus

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hameau m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} villaggio m

• Old English: please add this translation if you can

AnagramsEdit

• Lathem, Thelma, methal

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NorwegianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• hamlett (Norwegian Nynorsk only)

EtymologyEdit

Made up of ham (skin) and let (colour).

NounEdit

hamlet m

1. The skin colour

Han var mørk i hamleten.

His skin colour was dark.

SynonymsEdit

• hudfarge